September 11 Television Archive

You can find a more complete version of this collection (3000 hours of television from 20 channels over 7 days) at Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive.

This collection contains television news programs recorded live from around September 11, 2001 by the non-profit Television Archive to help patrons research this important part of United States history. These materials were available on the televisionarchive.org site from October 11, 2001 through 2003.

Watch a video summary of the news coverage on September 11, 2001.

The Internet Archive, a non-profit library, is loaning these items to our patrons to view for strictly non-commercial research purposes.

You can view the televisionarchive.org site in the Wayback Machine - although not all of the links are intact, you can still read analysis of the events that were posted on the site:

Because we have tried to get this collection up as quickly as possible, there are some segments that have not been uploaded yet (see a list of these files). We will continue to add files as they become available.

Click to see a program guide or a chronology of events:

Program Guide: September 11 September 12 September 13

Chronology: September 11 September 12 September 13

September 11: Program Guide

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September 12: Program Guide

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September 13: Program Guide

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September 11: Chonology of Events

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8:48 a.m.	First news reports that American Airlines Flight 11 has crashed into One World Trade Center (north tower).
9:03 a.m.	United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into Two World Trade Center (south tower).
9:17 a.m.	FAA closes NYC area airports.
9:21 a.m.	NYC Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in NYC.
9:24 a.m.	President Bush calls crashes "an apparent attack on our country".
9:32 a.m.	New York Stock Exchange closed.
9:40 a.m.	FAA orders all commercial flights grounded.
9:43 a.m.	American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. (Note: other sources cite the crash at 9:37 and 9:45)
9:45 a.m.	White House evacuated.
9:59 a.m.	Two World Trade Center (south tower) collapses. (note: other souces cite the collapse at 10:03, 10:05, & 10:06)
10:00 a.m.	United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. (note: the crash happened slightly after 10 am, perhaps as late as 10:10 according to other sources)
10:10 a.m.	Portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:13 a.m.	United Nations building evacuates.
10:22 a.m.	State and Justice Departments, and World Bank, evacuated in Washington DC.
10:24 a.m.	FAA reroutes inbound transatlantic flights to land in Canada.
10:28 a.m.	One World Trade Center (north tower) collapses.
10:45 a.m.	All federal office buildings in Washington DC evacuated.
10:48 a.m.	Police confirm Pennsylvania plane crash.
10:53 a.m.	New York's primary elections postponed.
10:54 a.m.	Israel evacuates diplomatic missions.
10:57 a.m.	NY Gov. Pataki announces closure of all state government offices.
11:02 a.m.	Mayor Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street
12:04 p.m.	Los Angeles International Airport evacuated.
12:15 p.m.	San Francisco International Airport evacuated.
12:15 p.m.	US closes some Canada and Mexico border crossings.
1:02 p.m.	NY Mayor Giuliani evacuates Manhattan south of Canal Street.
1:04 p.m.	President Bush says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts." (note: other sources cite this at 12:36)
1:27 p.m.	Washington DC declares state of emergency in the city.
2:30 p.m.	FAA announces suspension of US commercial air traffic until noon EST Wednesday 9/12/01.
4:00 p.m.	CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports there are indications that Osama bin Laden is involved in attacks.
4:10 p.m.	Seven World Trade Center reported to be on fire.
4:25 p.m.	American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange announce they will be closed Wednesday, 9/12.
4:45 p.m.	City of New York announces that 200 firefighters and 78 police officers are missing.(Note: according to other sources, at 7:45 pm the New York Police department announced that at least 78 police officers were missing and that as many as half (200) of the first firefighters at the scene had been killed.)
5:20 p.m.	Seven World Trade Center building collapses.
5:30 p.m.	Explosions reported in Kabul, Afghanistan. (note: other sources cite this for 6 pm)
6:40 p.m.	Press conference by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from the Pentagon.
6:45 p.m.	President Bush arrives at the White House. (note: other sources say he arrived at 6:54)
8:30 p.m.	President Bush addresses the nation.
	Search warrants obtained for homes and post office boxes in Florida.

September 12 (Wednesday): Chronology of Events

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5:20 a.m.	Pope John Paul II condemns attacks.
8:45 a.m.	European stock markets observe silence for one minute in remembrance
10:00 a.m.	Congress reconvenes.
10:30 a.m.	NY City Mayor Giuliani warns that death toll will be in the thousands.
10:50 a.m.	President Bush calls attacks "act of war".
10:54 a.m.	CNN reports that two phone calls from al Qaeda members referring to attacks have been intercepted.
11:20 a.m.	FAA will not allow air travel to resume at noon.
1:00 p.m.	FBI takes several people in Boston and Florida into custody for questioning.
1:20 p.m.	Taliban officials ask the US to not attack Afghanistan.
2:15 p.m.	Morgan Stanley says "vast majority" of its World Trade Center employees are safe.
2:20 p.m.	FAA allows planes diverted on Tuesday to finish their flights.
2:57 p.m.	White House claims to have credible information that Air Force One and White House were targets.
3:40 p.m.	US Attorney General Ashcroft says 3-6 hijackers per plane, armed with knives and box cutters, some terrorists trained as pilots in the US, and calls investigation most massive in US history.
4:00 p.m.	NATO announces will back US military action, says "when one member is attacked, then all members are attacked".
5:20 p.m.	Rescue workers evacuated from World Trade Center area due to partial collapse of One Liberty Plaza, Nasdaq's new headquarters.
5:45 p.m.	Relatives of Pennsylvania crash victim Jeremy Glick say he called them from the plane and said people on the flight we're going to attempt to stop the hijackers.
6:00 p.m.	President Bush visits Pentagon, thanks rescue workers.
6:00 p.m.	G7 issue statement promising to support banks experiencing high withdrawal demands.
7:00 p.m.	Congress holds prayer vigil in Capitol Rotunda.

September 13 (Thursday): Events

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Most New York City schools reopen.

Most US airports reopen.

FBI serves search warrants to major Internet service providers in order to get information about an e-mail address believed connected to the attacks.

Colin Powell acknowledges that Osama bin Laden is a leading suspect.

Bomb threat forces evacuation of Congress.

Pakistani leader promises full cooperation.

Germans detain two in Hamburg.

Three men detained in Boston and later released.

Black box from Pennsylvania flight found.

Rome police investigating stolen American Airlines uniforms and pilot's key card.

Eight people arrested at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.

Project Contributors

Aaron Parkening, Alexa
Aaron Stewart, Alexa
Adam Clayton Powell III, The Newseum
Alan Blount
Alexis Rossi, Alexa
Andrea Kalas
Anna McCarthy, New York University
Barbara Abrash, New York University
Boaz Reisman, Alexa
Brewster Kahle
Brian Larkin, Barnard College
Brian Springer
Carrie McLaren, StayFree! Magazine
Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval, University of Massachusetts
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
Cynthia King, American University
DARPA
Dan Aronson
David Allison, Smithsonian Institution
David Francis
DeeDee Halleck, Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
Geoffrey Mack, Alexa
Greger Orelind, Alexa
Guolin Cheng, Alexa
Henry Jenkins, MIT
Internet Archive
Jad Defanti, Alexa
Jason Broughton, Alexa
Jeff Ubois
Jim Michalko, RLG.org
John Gage, Sun Micro
John Lynch, Vanderbilt University
John Tariot, Moving Image Group
Jonathan Baker, Alexa
Jonathan Leblang, Alexa
Jonathan S. Kessler, Middle East Insight
Joshua Winsor, Alexa
Julia Pimsleur, MediaRights.org
Kahle/Austin Foundation
Karen Cariani
Kathleen Tyner
Kelly Dragoo, Alexa
Kirsten Foot, University of Washington
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford
Linda Tadic
Liz Swasey, Media Research Center
Margaret Weigel, MIT
Mark Crispin Miller, New York University
Mark Liberman, UPenn
Meg McLagan, New York University
Mitra
National Science Foundation
Niall O'Driscoll, Alexa
Norman Solomon
Pam Burdman
Pat Aufderheide, American University
Paul Gherman, Vanderbilt University
Paul Sauer, Alexa
Pedro Moreno, Compaq Cambridge Research Lab
Prof Steven Schneider, Suny Utica
Prof. Doug Oard, UofMD
Prof. Philip Resnick, UofMD
Rachel Coen, FAIR
Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives
Robert Heterick
Rod Hewitt
Rommel Ruelos, Alexa
Ron Shaloup, Alexa
Sarah Sullivan, Transnational Broadcasting Studies
Scott Hoganson, CNS News
Susan Infantino, Perkins Coie LLP
Todd Gitlin, New York University
Tracey Jaquith, Internet Archive
William L. Bird, Smithsonian Institution
William Uricchio, MIT

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You can find a more complete version of this collection (3000 hours of television from 20 channels over 7 days) at Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive.

Watch a video summary of the news coverage on September 11, 2001.

The Internet Archive, a non-profit library, is loaning these items to our patrons to view for strictly non-commercial research purposes.

You can view the televisionarchive.org site in the Wayback Machine - although not all of the links are intact, you can still read analysis of the events that were posted on the site:

Click to see a program guide or a chronology of events:

Program Guide: September 11 September 12 September 13

Chronology: September 11 September 12 September 13

September 11: Program Guide

return to top

September 12: Program Guide

return to top

September 13: Program Guide

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September 11: Chonology of Events

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8:48 a.m.	First news reports that American Airlines Flight 11 has crashed into One World Trade Center (north tower).
9:03 a.m.	United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into Two World Trade Center (south tower).
9:17 a.m.	FAA closes NYC area airports.
9:21 a.m.	NYC Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in NYC.
9:24 a.m.	President Bush calls crashes "an apparent attack on our country".
9:32 a.m.	New York Stock Exchange closed.
9:40 a.m.	FAA orders all commercial flights grounded.
9:43 a.m.	American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. (Note: other sources cite the crash at 9:37 and 9:45)
9:45 a.m.	White House evacuated.
9:59 a.m.	Two World Trade Center (south tower) collapses. (note: other souces cite the collapse at 10:03, 10:05, & 10:06)
10:00 a.m.	United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. (note: the crash happened slightly after 10 am, perhaps as late as 10:10 according to other sources)
10:10 a.m.	Portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:13 a.m.	United Nations building evacuates.
10:22 a.m.	State and Justice Departments, and World Bank, evacuated in Washington DC.
10:24 a.m.	FAA reroutes inbound transatlantic flights to land in Canada.
10:28 a.m.	One World Trade Center (north tower) collapses.
10:45 a.m.	All federal office buildings in Washington DC evacuated.
10:48 a.m.	Police confirm Pennsylvania plane crash.
10:53 a.m.	New York's primary elections postponed.
10:54 a.m.	Israel evacuates diplomatic missions.
10:57 a.m.	NY Gov. Pataki announces closure of all state government offices.
11:02 a.m.	Mayor Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street
12:04 p.m.	Los Angeles International Airport evacuated.
12:15 p.m.	San Francisco International Airport evacuated.
12:15 p.m.	US closes some Canada and Mexico border crossings.
1:02 p.m.	NY Mayor Giuliani evacuates Manhattan south of Canal Street.
1:04 p.m.	President Bush says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts." (note: other sources cite this at 12:36)
1:27 p.m.	Washington DC declares state of emergency in the city.
2:30 p.m.	FAA announces suspension of US commercial air traffic until noon EST Wednesday 9/12/01.
4:00 p.m.	CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports there are indications that Osama bin Laden is involved in attacks.
4:10 p.m.	Seven World Trade Center reported to be on fire.
4:25 p.m.	American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange announce they will be closed Wednesday, 9/12.
4:45 p.m.	City of New York announces that 200 firefighters and 78 police officers are missing.(Note: according to other sources, at 7:45 pm the New York Police department announced that at least 78 police officers were missing and that as many as half (200) of the first firefighters at the scene had been killed.)
5:20 p.m.	Seven World Trade Center building collapses.
5:30 p.m.	Explosions reported in Kabul, Afghanistan. (note: other sources cite this for 6 pm)
6:40 p.m.	Press conference by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from the Pentagon.
6:45 p.m.	President Bush arrives at the White House. (note: other sources say he arrived at 6:54)
8:30 p.m.	President Bush addresses the nation.
	Search warrants obtained for homes and post office boxes in Florida.

September 12 (Wednesday): Chronology of Events

return to top

5:20 a.m.	Pope John Paul II condemns attacks.
8:45 a.m.	European stock markets observe silence for one minute in remembrance
10:00 a.m.	Congress reconvenes.
10:30 a.m.	NY City Mayor Giuliani warns that death toll will be in the thousands.
10:50 a.m.	President Bush calls attacks "act of war".
10:54 a.m.	CNN reports that two phone calls from al Qaeda members referring to attacks have been intercepted.
11:20 a.m.	FAA will not allow air travel to resume at noon.
1:00 p.m.	FBI takes several people in Boston and Florida into custody for questioning.
1:20 p.m.	Taliban officials ask the US to not attack Afghanistan.
2:15 p.m.	Morgan Stanley says "vast majority" of its World Trade Center employees are safe.
2:20 p.m.	FAA allows planes diverted on Tuesday to finish their flights.
2:57 p.m.	White House claims to have credible information that Air Force One and White House were targets.
3:40 p.m.	US Attorney General Ashcroft says 3-6 hijackers per plane, armed with knives and box cutters, some terrorists trained as pilots in the US, and calls investigation most massive in US history.
4:00 p.m.	NATO announces will back US military action, says "when one member is attacked, then all members are attacked".
5:20 p.m.	Rescue workers evacuated from World Trade Center area due to partial collapse of One Liberty Plaza, Nasdaq's new headquarters.
5:45 p.m.	Relatives of Pennsylvania crash victim Jeremy Glick say he called them from the plane and said people on the flight we're going to attempt to stop the hijackers.
6:00 p.m.	President Bush visits Pentagon, thanks rescue workers.
6:00 p.m.	G7 issue statement promising to support banks experiencing high withdrawal demands.
7:00 p.m.	Congress holds prayer vigil in Capitol Rotunda.

September 13 (Thursday): Events

return to top

Most New York City schools reopen.

Most US airports reopen.

FBI serves search warrants to major Internet service providers in order to get information about an e-mail address believed connected to the attacks.

Colin Powell acknowledges that Osama bin Laden is a leading suspect.

Bomb threat forces evacuation of Congress.

Pakistani leader promises full cooperation.

Germans detain two in Hamburg.

Three men detained in Boston and later released.

Black box from Pennsylvania flight found.

Rome police investigating stolen American Airlines uniforms and pilot's key card.

Eight people arrested at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.

Project Contributors

Aaron Parkening, Alexa
Aaron Stewart, Alexa
Adam Clayton Powell III, The Newseum
Alan Blount
Alexis Rossi, Alexa
Andrea Kalas
Anna McCarthy, New York University
Barbara Abrash, New York University
Boaz Reisman, Alexa
Brewster Kahle
Brian Larkin, Barnard College
Brian Springer
Carrie McLaren, StayFree! Magazine
Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval, University of Massachusetts
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
Cynthia King, American University
DARPA
Dan Aronson
David Allison, Smithsonian Institution
David Francis
DeeDee Halleck, Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
Geoffrey Mack, Alexa
Greger Orelind, Alexa
Guolin Cheng, Alexa
Henry Jenkins, MIT
Internet Archive
Jad Defanti, Alexa
Jason Broughton, Alexa
Jeff Ubois
Jim Michalko, RLG.org
John Gage, Sun Micro
John Lynch, Vanderbilt University
John Tariot, Moving Image Group
Jonathan Baker, Alexa
Jonathan Leblang, Alexa
Jonathan S. Kessler, Middle East Insight
Joshua Winsor, Alexa
Julia Pimsleur, MediaRights.org
Kahle/Austin Foundation
Karen Cariani
Kathleen Tyner
Kelly Dragoo, Alexa
Kirsten Foot, University of Washington
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford
Linda Tadic
Liz Swasey, Media Research Center
Margaret Weigel, MIT
Mark Crispin Miller, New York University
Mark Liberman, UPenn
Meg McLagan, New York University
Mitra
National Science Foundation
Niall O'Driscoll, Alexa
Norman Solomon
Pam Burdman
Pat Aufderheide, American University
Paul Gherman, Vanderbilt University
Paul Sauer, Alexa
Pedro Moreno, Compaq Cambridge Research Lab
Prof Steven Schneider, Suny Utica
Prof. Doug Oard, UofMD
Prof. Philip Resnick, UofMD
Rachel Coen, FAIR
Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives
Robert Heterick
Rod Hewitt
Rommel Ruelos, Alexa
Ron Shaloup, Alexa
Sarah Sullivan, Transnational Broadcasting Studies
Scott Hoganson, CNS News
Susan Infantino, Perkins Coie LLP
Todd Gitlin, New York University
Tracey Jaquith, Internet Archive
William L. Bird, Smithsonian Institution
William Uricchio, MIT

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Total Views 2,695,645

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Total Views 2,695,529

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TXCN & BET broadcasts of 9/11	Thermal Detonator	0	Nov 7, 2017 9:13am Nov 7, 2017 9:13am
I noticed there's no Radio Archive.	Jedediah Colehouse	1	Jan 9, 2016 11:45am Jan 9, 2016 11:45am
Re: I noticed there's no Radio Archive.	MindlessGonzo	1	May 3, 2016 12:01am May 3, 2016 12:01am
Re: I noticed there's no Radio Archive.	Axeldt	2	Jun 1, 2017 7:21pm Jun 1, 2017 7:21pm
Re: I noticed there's no Radio Archive.	Jedediah Colehouse	0	Jul 13, 2019 10:10am Jul 13, 2019 10:10am
Re: I noticed there's no Radio Archive.	Jedediah Colehouse	0	Jul 13, 2019 10:18am Jul 13, 2019 10:18am
downloads not working	mysticalg	0	Dec 18, 2013 4:51pm Dec 18, 2013 4:51pm
Videos in "NEW" 9/11 archive not playing	zellco321	0	Aug 25, 2011 7:34pm Aug 25, 2011 7:34pm
Missing archive ?	Larkero	0	Oct 24, 2010 9:47am Oct 24, 2010 9:47am
One of the best things on the Internet	@bhikku	0	Sep 14, 2010 4:46am Sep 14, 2010 4:46am
September 11th Fund	Sept11thFund	0	Jan 3, 2010 12:31pm Jan 3, 2010 12:31pm
mpgs	Research Emitter	0	Dec 7, 2009 6:32am Dec 7, 2009 6:32am
Delete my website. Please.	delete.deletee	0	Nov 14, 2009 8:11am Nov 14, 2009 8:11am
More 9/11 videos?	NjRust	1	Jul 27, 2009 9:12pm Jul 27, 2009 9:12pm
Re: More 9/11 videos?	Thermal Detonator	0	Nov 7, 2017 9:24am Nov 7, 2017 9:24am
video links??	CasinoDaveNJ	0	Mar 13, 2009 4:24am Mar 13, 2009 4:24am
Stream errors	BillyBobJoe911	3	Nov 25, 2008 2:30am Nov 25, 2008 2:30am
Re: Stream errors	Natureboy82	0	Nov 29, 2008 3:20pm Nov 29, 2008 3:20pm
Re: Stream errors	MasterWaffle	1	Jan 18, 2009 1:33am Jan 18, 2009 1:33am
Re: Stream errors	tracey pooh	0	Apr 18, 2009 1:11pm Apr 18, 2009 1:11pm
Not Fox Network	bkj333	0	Jul 19, 2008 7:04am Jul 19, 2008 7:04am
One Liberty did NOT partially collapse	woodyerik	0	May 7, 2008 5:30am May 7, 2008 5:30am
unable to DL	CasinoDaveNJ	1	Aug 7, 2007 7:58am Aug 7, 2007 7:58am
Re: unable to DL	Telephone Toughguy	1	Aug 7, 2007 8:26am Aug 7, 2007 8:26am
Re: unable to DL \| High Quality	gamov	0	Aug 29, 2007 8:32pm Aug 29, 2007 8:32pm
September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	brewster	6	Mar 15, 2007 5:03pm Mar 15, 2007 5:03pm
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	Visual16	0	Mar 16, 2007 12:08am Mar 16, 2007 12:08am
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	weirdal	0	Mar 26, 2007 3:14pm Mar 26, 2007 3:14pm
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	NAU99	0	May 6, 2007 11:51am May 6, 2007 11:51am
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	Epimanes	0	Aug 15, 2007 11:18am Aug 15, 2007 11:18am
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	repolec	1	Aug 29, 2007 10:04am Aug 29, 2007 10:04am
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	brewster	1	Aug 29, 2007 10:18am Aug 29, 2007 10:18am
Re: September 11, 2001 TVnews archive is back!	repolec	0	Aug 29, 2007 10:20am Aug 29, 2007 10:20am
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